Blood of Extraction

Canadian Imperialism in Latin America

Todd Gordon, Jeffery R. Webber

• Publisher: Fernwood Publishing
• Year: 2016
• eBook ISBN: 9781552668450
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Imperialism
• Index: Politics & International Relations

Rooted in thousands of pages of Access to Information documents and dozens of interviews carried out throughout Latin America, Blood of Extraction examines the increasing presence of Canadian mining companies in Latin America and the environmental and human rights abuses that have occurred as a result. By following the money, Gordon and Webber illustrate the myriad ways Canadian-based multinational corporations, backed by the Canadian state, have developed extensive economic interests in Latin America over the last two decades at the expense of Latin American people and the environment.

Latin American communities affected by Canadian resource extraction are now organized into hundreds of opposition movements, from Mexico to Argentina, and the authors illustrate the strategies used by the Canadian state to silence this resistance and advance corporate interests.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• CONTENTS
• Dedication
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• PART I
• CHAPTER 1
• PART II
• CHAPTER 2
• CHAPTER 3
• CHAPTER 4
• PART III
• CHAPTER 5
• CHAPTER 6
• CHAPTER 7
• CHAPTER 8
• CHAPTER 9
• PART IV
• CHAPTER 10
• NOTES
• INDEX